Don Shiman
Biography
Don Shiman is a partner in Haynes Boone's Tax Practice Group in New York who advises clients on tax matters arising in public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate structurings and restructurings, securities offerings, financings, private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, cross-border structuring, and cross-border acquisitions. His clients operate across a range of industries, including food, healthcare, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and technology.
He also regularly advises clients in the energy sector, including in connection with private equity funds, investment funds, mergers and acquisitions and asset-backed financing.
Don focuses on providing practical, commercial guidance on tax issues that arise in transactions, restructurings, financings and fund formations. He works effectively with sophisticated clients and tax professionals, as well as business owners who have less familiarity with tax law.
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- Represented a leading provider of mobility solutions in its strategic acquisition of another provider, enabling it to greatly expand its services and reach.
- Represented a physical metals and minerals commodity merchant in the sale of its majority interest.
- Represented a private equity fund with a focus on investments in the global financial services industry in its formation with capital commitments more than $4 billion.
- Represented a major local broadcast television and digital media company in its merger into a public company.
- Represented a foreign company in its issuance of multiple Eurobonds worth $2.15 billion.
- Represented a private equity fund in the sale of its leading health care service company in a cash transaction valued at $1 billion.
- Represented a real estate private equity fund in its formation with more than $1 billion in capital commitments.
- Represented a private equity fund with a focus on investments in mature companies in its formation with more than $5 billion in capital commitments.
- Represented a private equity fund focused on investments in middle-market companies undergoing a fundamental change in capital structure, strategy, operations or growth in its formation with more than $2 billion in capital commitments.
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- Included in the "Ones to Watch" category of The Best Lawyers in America, Woodward/White, Inc., 2021-2026
- Ranked in The Legal 500 U.S., Legalease Ltd., 2024
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- "3 Issues Tax Pros Want Clarified In Buyback Tax Guidance," quoted, Law360, October 12, 2022.
- "Preparing for Private Equity Merger and Acquisition Transactions," CPAmerica Tax Conference, November 8, 2016.
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Education
- LL.M., Taxation, New York University School of Law, 2017
- J.D., Rutgers School of Law Newark, 2012, summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Rutgers Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award in Tax Law; Editor, Rutgers Law Review
- Master's Degree, Rabbinic Studies, Beth Medrash Govoha, 2006
- B.A., Talmudic Law, Ner Israel Rabbinical College, 2003
Admissions
- New Jersey
- New York
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What kinds of tax matters do you handle?
I advise on tax issues involving public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate structurings and restructurings, securities offerings, financing, private equity funds, hedge funds, real estate acquisitions and dispositions, and cross-border transactions. My work is transaction-focused and spans both domestic and international matters.
What types of clients and industries do you work with?
My clients operate in a range of industries, including food, healthcare, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, and technology. I also regularly advise clients in the energy sector, including private equity funds, master limited partnerships, and corporations.
Can you give examples of the matters you have handled?
My representative matters include fund formations with capital commitments of more than $1 billion, $2 billion, $4 billion, and $5 billion, a $1 billion sale of a health care service company, and an $850 million asset backed securitization. I have also advised on strategic acquisitions and sales of majority interests.
How do you work with clients on complex tax issues?
I focus on providing practical, commercial guidance on tax issues and on communicating clearly with the people involved in a transaction. That includes working with sophisticated clients and tax professionals, as well as business owners who may have less familiarity with tax law.
